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How goes the school district’s late starts?

659-logo-150x65 Kari Eliason has a guest column in today’s Nfld News: Parents have questions about late starts. Allen Koch has a letter to the editor, too: Late start is affecting the environment. Last week: Late starts lead to traffic jams outside schools.

The Feb. discussion (287 comments) here on LG – Guest blogger Kathleen Galotti: My objections to the proposed changes to the school calendar.

Podcast: Kathie Galotti on the proposed district-wide 1 hr late start/early release

Griff Wigley, Kathie Galotti, Our studio guest this week: Kathie Galotti, parent of two K-12 students and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Carleton College, discussing the flap over the proposed district-wide 1 hr late start/early release on Mondays next year. I’ve turned off comments on this blog post. Continue the discussion (over 80 comments thus far) attached to Kathie’s Feb. 17 blog post, My objections to the proposed changes to the school calendar.


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Guest blogger Kathleen Galotti: My objections to the proposed changes to the school calendar

659-logoI’ll begin this with a letter to the editor I submitted to the Northfield News, which I think is self-explanatory:

On Feb 9 the Northfield School Board entertained two options for next year’s school calendar.  Both involve having a one hour late-start EVERY MONDAY of the year, so that teachers can have the time to meet in professional learning communities.  These meetings would replace the four days that have traditionally been scheduled with 2 hours either late start or early release.  Parents have one month to comment on the proposed calendar. (continued)
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